FEMA centers open in Metro Detroit to help those impacted by flooding
FEMA opens centers in Garden City, Detroit, Dearborn
July 24, 2021 6:14 pm
FEMA centers open in Metro Detroit to help those impacted by flooding
DETROIT – A month after historic flooding impacted Metro Detroit, new FEMA centers opened in Garden City, Detroit and Dearborn.
FEMA agents will assess whether residents qualify for financial assistance. Local 4 spoke with devastated homeowners who said they feel forgotten.
“For this event we’re focusing on individuals and households,” Latanga Hopes, with FEMA, said.
FEMA is offering grants to eligible homeowners. Several centers are open 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
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More than 43,000 of Michigan’s most vulnerable vaccinated as part of vaccine pilot program
In total, 43,797 vaccines were administered statewide as a part of the pilot. Second doses will be arriving at pilot sites over the next few weeks.
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More than 43,000 Michiganders living in communities with high Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a pilot program coordinated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Protect Michigan Commission.
In early March, MDHHS and the Protect Michigan Commission awarded 35,800 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to 22 entities across Michigan to help enhance the state s vaccine equity strategy.
Everyday Michiganders help track down vaccines for those who want it
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While the vaccines are more widely available, can anyone who wants a shot easily get one?
Michigan first started with 84,000 vaccine doses and are now up to 5.6 million. It’s a race to vaccinate as COVID-19 continues to spread through the state.
Who has the vaccine?
Meijer is making a big impact administering 500,000 doses. 120,000 doses are scheduled for next week and 35,000 doses for the Ford Field FEMA clinic.
The city of Detroit has administered 90% of its 308,000 vaccine doses, but wants more demand.
Michigan couple fights to get second COVID vaccine dose for bedridden 83-year-old mom
Sheâs 83-years-old and bedridden in a nursing home. So why couldnât she get her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine until 7 Action News got involved?
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(WXYZ) â Sheâs 83-years-old and bedridden in a nursing home. So why couldnât she get her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine until 7 Action News got involved?
In Michigan, more than 200,000 vaccines have been given out in nursing homes thanks to the federal partnership with pharmacies. But not all of those nursing home residents received their shots, and some like Margaret Rogowski are missing their second doses.